GILBERT v. MAINE MEDICAL CENTER


483 A.2d 1237 (1984)

Joseph GILBERT, et al. v. MAINE MEDICAL CENTER, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided November 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Romanow, Christopher J. Ryer (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Petruccelli, Erler, Cohen & Cox, John Paul Erler (orally), Portland, for Maine Medical Center.

Norman & Hanson, Robert F. Hanson, James D. Poliquin (orally), Portland, for Calderbank & Westbrook Medical Ass'n, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE, GLASSMAN, and SCOLNIK, JJ.


ROBERTS, Justice.

The personal representative and the daughter of Frederick Gilbert, deceased, commenced a medical malpractice action against Maine Medical Center, Dr. James Calderbank and Westbrook Medical Associates. The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, Cumberland County, dismissing their complaint on the ground that the action was not commenced within the applicable period of limitation. Because we agree that the court erred in calculating...

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